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Lavish parties and moral dilemmas: 4 days with Silicon Valley’s MAGA elite at the RNC

It was an eventful week for the Silicon Valley moguls who have vowed to support Donald Trump in his bid to return to the presidency. Given the collision course of tech and Trump, when Leda Health founder Madison Campbell asked me if I’d care to buy an extra ticket to the Republican National Convention from […]

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Twitch reinstates Trump’s account ahead of the 2024 presidential election

Twitch is reinstating former President Donald Trump’s account ahead of the 2024 presidential election after “indefinitely” banning it back in 2021. The Amazon-owned company told TechCrunch on Friday that it reinstated Trump’s channel because it believes “there is value in hearing from presidential nominees directly, when possible.”  Prior to the ban, Trump’s team used his channel

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VC David Sacks delivers a fire-and-brimstone speech at the Republican National Convention

On the first night of the Republican National Convention, venture capitalist David Sacks took the stage to warn Republicans of “a world on fire.”  In his six-minute speech, the Craft Ventures founder largely focused on foreign policy — a common talking point for him on the All-In Podcast, which he co-hosts with fellow investors Chamath

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Trump’s VP candidate JD Vance has long ties to Silicon Valley, and was a VC himself

Former President Donald Trump picked Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate on Monday, as he runs to reclaim the office he lost to President Joe Biden in 2020. Vance, who’s best known for his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” spent years as a venture capitalist before leaving the industry when elected to the U.S. Senate

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